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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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Which statement about tobacco use is true?

A) Smoking can lead to emphysema as well as strokes B) Smokeless tobacco can lead to cancer but is not addictive
C) Smoking relaxes people because it lowers the heart rate D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Smoking can lead to emphysema as well as strokes

Explanation:

Smoking can lead to emphysema as well as strokes is the true statement regarding tobacco use. Emphysema is related to the failure of lungs air sacs and cilia that eliminate the dust from the body.

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Which of the following countries was associated with Khmer Rouge?

A) Combodia B) Vietnam
C) Thailand D) Burma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Combodia

Explanation:

In 1975, a party called khmer Rouge had taken control of Cambodia under the leader ship of Pol Pot. The Government of Pol pot established a regime of terror in Cambodia and started following a policy of genocide against its own people.

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Pelagic deposits consists of _____

A) Terrigenous materials B) Cosmic materials
C) Inorganic materials D) Organic ooze materials
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Organic ooze materials

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The number of Union Territories in India is______

A) 5 B) 6
C) 7 D) 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7

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The State Hermitage Museum is located in which country?

A) Moldova B) United State
C) France D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Russia

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Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

A) The president B) The Vice-President
C) The Prime Minister D) The Speaker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Vice-President

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The New Deal ended in 1938 partly because

A) national concern shifted to overseas aggression B) FDR was defeated in his bid for reelection
C) the Supreme Court ruled most New Deal programs unconstitutional D) FDR was stricken with polio
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) national concern shifted to overseas aggression

Explanation:

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States 1933-36, in response to the Great Depression organized by Franklin Roosevelt in US.

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Times of India group is set to launch a 24-hour news channel in alliance with which international media entity?

A) Wall street Journal B) Reuters
C) BBC D) Associated Press
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Reuters

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